Show #6510 2012-12-28 (taped 2012-09-18) Regular

Contestants

Sandip Amin — a finance manager originally from Madison, Illinois

Paula Menasche — a high school social studies teacher from Coral Gables, Florida

Nichole Mancone — a college registrar from Providence, Rhode Island (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nichole	$5,200	$10,800	$17,200	$12,200 2nd place: $2,000	$16,000 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Paula	$1,000	$1,200	$8,600	$17,200 New champion: $17,200	$8,800 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Sandip	$400	$800	$-400	$-400 3rd place: $1,000	$3,200 11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS	SELF-HELP BOOKS	ACTORS & THEIR ROLES	TRANS "PO" TATION	U.S. CITIES
$200 [16] The week after this holiday is National Egg Salad Week Easter Sandip	$200 [21] At the start of a word, this can be silent when it's right before S & it creates an "F" sound when it precedes H P Paula	$200 [26] Helping you overcome misery, Penelope Russianoff's self-helper is titled "When Am I Going To Be" this Happy Sandip	$200 [1] Evelyn Salt &Lara Croft Angelina Jolie Paula	$200 [11] In the U.K. "panda car" is slang for one of these autos a police car Sandip	$200 [7] We're livin' on the air in this city, home to the 49-story Carew Tower, on the north bank of the Ohio River Cincinnati Nichole
$400 [17] In 1954 Congress changed the name of Armistice Day to this Veterans Day Paula Sandip	$400 [22] The 11th letter, it's rarely used in languages that developed from Latin K Nichole Sandip	$400 [27] Misquoting Robert Frost didn't stop this M. Scott Peck book from spending years on the bestseller lists The Road Less Traveled	$400 [2] Ichabod Crane &Barnabas Collins Johnny Depp Sandip	$400 [12] On April 3, 1860 a ride carrying 49 letters & 5 telegrams got this service started the Pony Express Sandip	$400 [3] This Southern city was the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention Tampa Nichole
$600 [18] "Sevivon, Sov, Sov, Sov", or "Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin", is traditionally sung during this Jewish holiday Hanukkah Nichole	$600 [23] A hieroglyph of waves of water is the origin not of W but of this consonant M	$600 [28] Q: Why is that guy so slow to ask me out?A: This title of a Greg Behrendt-Liz Tuccillo book He's Just Not That Into You Nichole Paula	$600 [4] Galadriel &Katharine Hepburn Cate Blanchett Nichole	$600 [13] The Solstice & the Torrent were fine rides from this GM brand Pontiac Nichole	$600 [8] This city's metro area includes Lorain, Lake & Cuyahoga; visit 'em all! Cleveland Nichole Sandip
$1,000 [20] November 29 is Nellie Tayloe Ross Day in this state where she served as governor Wyoming Paula	$800 [24] At the beginning of a word, this other letter nearly always represents the "Z" sound X Nichole	$800 [29] He hit the "Jack" pot cooking up "Chicken Soup for the Soul" & now tells you how to achieve "Maximum Confidence" Jack Canfield Nichole	$800 [5] Les Grossman &Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise Nichole	$800 [14] It's the method of overland transport seen here portage	$800 [9] The art deco-style Union Depot & Phillips Oil "Philcade" suit this city in Oklahoma to a "T" Tulsa Paula
DD $2,000 [19] At the beginning of each term, Supreme Court justices work one week, then get Monday off for this Columbus Day Nichole	$1,000 [25] The combination of this consonant followed by G makes a "J" sound D Nichole	$1,000 [30] He's followed up his self-help bestseller "The Power of Now" with "A New Earth" (Eckhart) Tolle Nichole	$1,000 [6] Stephanie Plum &Alison Scott, who got "Knocked Up" Katherine Heigl Nichole	$1,000 [15] In 1952 Ambrose Weeres put a wooden platform on top of steel barrels to create the first of these boats a pontoon Nichole	$1,000 [10] Orange you glad to know this city in Central New York supplied most of the salt needs of the U.S. until 1870 Syracuse

Double Jeopardy! Round

I LOVE "L.A."	SOUND THE TRUMPET	WHAT DEGREE DID THEY GET?	VAN GOGH	STARRY NIGHT	ITALIAN HISTORY
$400 [7] Literature, history & philosophy are included in this type of modern college curriculum the Liberal Arts Sandip	$400 [18] On Aug. 8, 1922 he played a New Orleans jazz funeral & took a train north to become a world-famous trumpeter Louis Armstrong Nichole	$400 [13] 1929:Columbia delivers Benjamin Spock a medical degree Nichole	$400 [1] In an 1889 letter to this brother, Van Gogh said he hoped to "one day prove that I have not impoverished the family" Theo Paula	$400 [22] Alpheratz in the great square of this winged equine actually belongs to the constellation Andromeda Pegasus Sandip	$2,000 [10] This city-state & republic on the Ligurian Sea lasted from the 11th century until 1797 Genoa
$800 [6] During strenuous exercise, the muscles produce this, C3H6O3; it's also abundant in sour milk lactic acid Sandip	$800 [19] In 1981 he & his brother Branford both played in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers Wynton Marsalis Paula	$800 [14] 1966, then it was off to Salomon Brothers:Michael Bloomberg an MBA Nichole Sandip	$800 [2] Van Gogh's painting of these violet-colored flowers was begun within his first week at the Saint-Remy Asylum irises Paula	$800 [23] The closest star to our sun aside from the Alpha Centauri System, Barnard's Star is a red this, 1/5 the size of Sol a red dwarf Paula	DD $3,600 [9] The Etruscans' territory extended roughly south to this river, where the hero Horatius stopped them at the bridge the Tiber Sandip
$1,200 [8] The motto of this New York society is "making the case for humanity" the Legal Aid Society	$1,200 [20] His albums include "Miles Ahead" & "Star People", which included a tribute to his wife Cicely Tyson Miles Davis Nichole	$1,200 [15] 1986:Elena Kagan gets no argument from Harvard a J.D. Nichole	$1,200 [3] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on a monitor.) Van Gogh's "The Yellow House" depicts the home where he stayed in Arles; thewindowon the left was Van Gogh's bedroom; the one on the right was the guest room where this artist stayed for 9 weeks in 1888 Paul Gauguin Nichole	DD $1,000 [24] Other than the Sun, the 1st star surface directly photographed was Betelgeuse, the shoulder of this constellation Orion Paula	—
$1,600 [11] The gibbon is this type of primate a lesser ape Paula	$1,600 [21] This bebop pioneer was famous for his angled trumpet, which was bent upward, & his puffy cheeks when he played it Dizzy Gillespie Sandip	$1,600 [16] 1935:The first college degree of James Van Allen of "belt" fame Bachelor of Sciences Sandip	$1,600 [4] This plant on the table in "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" might indicate Van Gogh was being treated with digitalis foxglove Sandip	$1,600 [25] Meaning "changing", it's a type of star whose brightness changes; it's also a word for an unknown in math a variable Nichole	—
$2,000 [12] You might need this service in the emergency heard here"I've fallen and I can't get up!" Life Alert Paula	$2,000 [27] In 1964 this legendary New Orleans trumpet player reached the Top 10 with "Java" Al Hirt	$2,000 [17] 1994:Billy Crudup's artistry is recognized an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) Nichole	$2,000 [5] Van Gogh wrote that this 1885 painting of 5 peasants having dinner "is the best of all my work" The Potato Eaters	$2,000 [26] Deneb, from Arabic for "tail", is one of the brightest stars in the sky & is located at the tail of this bird Cygnus the Swan	—

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

In 1886 he wrote, "My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water"

Mark Twain

Paula "Who was Mark Twain ??" — wagered $8,600

Nichole "Who is Thoreau" — wagered $5,000

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